diff --git a/oidc-controller/api/core/logger_util.py b/oidc-controller/api/core/logger_util.py
index 27bb772f..66e0bf61 100644
--- a/oidc-controller/api/core/logger_util.py
+++ b/oidc-controller/api/core/logger_util.py
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
     return wrapper
 
 
-def extract_error_msg_from_traceback_exc(format_exc) -> str:
+def extract_detail_from_exception(exception_only_list) -> str:
     try:
-        return format_exc.splitlines()[-1].split(": ")[1:][0]
+        return exception_only_list[0].split(": ")[1:][0].rstrip()
     except Exception:
-        logger.error(f"Failed to extract error message from traceback: {format_exc}")
+        logger.error(f"Failed to get exception details from: {exception_only_list}")
         return "Unknown error"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/oidc-controller/api/main.py b/oidc-controller/api/main.py
index bbbac2f8..dc5e3c3c 100644
--- a/oidc-controller/api/main.py
+++ b/oidc-controller/api/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 import traceback
 import structlog
 import os
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
 from .clientConfigurations.router import router as client_config_router
 from .db.session import init_db, get_db
 from .routers.socketio import sio_app
-from api.core.logger_util import extract_error_msg_from_traceback_exc
+from api.core.logger_util import extract_detail_from_exception
 from api.core.models import GenericErrorMessage
 from api.core.oidc.provider import init_provider
 
@@ -104,10 +105,11 @@ async def logging_middleware(request: Request, call_next) -> Response:
             if os.environ.get("LOG_WITH_JSON") is True:
                 logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
 
+            exc_type, exc_value, _ = sys.exc_info()
             return JSONResponse(
                 status_code=http_status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
                 content=GenericErrorMessage(
-                    detail=extract_error_msg_from_traceback_exc(traceback.format_exc())).dict()
+                    detail=extract_detail_from_exception(traceback.format_exception_only(exc_type, exc_value))).dict()
             )